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Sunday, July 19, 2009

I look at hundreds of studies each week that I incorporate into HealthBlogger. I sometimes find gems in the most unusual places. Because I have the entire Internet look for key words each day like "Heart Disease", I get articles that normally would be missed. Last week I found the gem that is the first feature in this week's HealthBlogger.I have reported before that there is plenty of evidence that theheart can be repaired, especially if helped with special orthomolecular supplementation. With this article, we see that a young girls heart fixed itself, which the experts admitted, they thought was impossible. Are you seeing a cardiologist that would be considered an expert, that has a paradyme like these mentioned in this article, who thinks that hearts have to be replaced when broken, as in a transplant, and that the human heart can't ever be fixed by the body itself? This is why I teach people to take charge of one's own health and learn to think out of the proverbial allopathic box. One progressive cardiologist was quoted in the article saying... "The heart apparently has major regenerative powers and it is now key to find out how they work." Another was quoted that "this was a miracle, and that it was rare for patients' hearts to simply get better on their own."Lastly, the article suggested that perhaps there are a small number of stem cells in the heart which may somehow be triggered in crisis situations to heal damaged tissue. Please be sure to read this article because it is an amazing story and it gives us clues on why some may repair on their own and some may not.Let me help them and you by giving research that most cardiologists don't know, but you will, because I have reported this before and it appears on my web page onHeart Health. Here it is and I hope it gets read by progressive health care professionals...Dr. Richard T. Lee, M.D., senior author of a study published by the American Heart Association says: "We have been taught for decades that when your heart cells are dead, they are dead and there is nothing we can do about it. We are excited about anything suggesting that we can grow more heart cells. "Lee and his colleagues tested 880 bioactive substances – including drugs and vitamins – approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to see if they stimulated the mouse stem cells to become heart muscle cells. The cells were genetically altered to give off a fluorescent bright green color when viewed under a microscope if they had become heart muscle cells. "We only got 1 out of the 880 to light up, and that was from ascorbic acid, the chemical commonly known as vitamin C," says Lee, an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, and a lecturer in biological engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass.

Why is this so important? Genetically we are suppose to produce vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid) in our livers and we produced it originally at high levels when we were under stress. We have lost that ability so now it must be provided by diet and supplements.For years, practitioners and researchers have presented evidence pointing to the importance of vitamin C to human health. Nearly 50 years ago, for example, the Canadian cardiologist J. C. Patterson, M.D., reported that more than 80% of his heart disease patients had low vitamin C levels in their blood. In 1954, G. C. Wills, M.D., showed that vitamin C supplementation could reduce atherosclerotic deposits in the arteries of patients. His study received scant attention. Since 1970, the major advocate for increasing our vitamin C intake has been Linus Pauling, Ph.D., a two-time Nobel Laureate. Due at least in part to his influence, vitamin C consumption in the U.S. rose by 300% during the 1970's. During this same period, mortality from heart disease plummeted more than 30%. In May 1992, University of California-Los Angeles researchers reported on a study of 11,000 Americans. They found that increasing intake of vitamin C nearly halves the death rate from heart disease and lengthens life expectancy up to six years.In addition to the vitamin C connection, I have found a few other supplements that have amazing heart health benefits, especially for regeneration. I take all of these for my own heart damage.Alpha Lipoic Acid and Acetyl L-Carnitine... Increases energy at the cellular level by multiplying mitochondria, especially needed by muscles, like the heart. The heart burns fat more than glucose for energy, these increase fat burning needed for the hearts energy production.Ubiquinol... Normal levels of CoQ10 naturally decline with age, which may result in less efficient functioning of the heart and other organs. CoQ10 lessens the incidence of angina attacks, arrhythmias, cardiomyopathy, congestive heart failure, heart valve irregularities, hypertension, mitral valve prolapse, and periodontal disease; protects LDL cholesterol against oxidation; increases exercise tolerance; burns unwanted fat; supports healthy cholesterol and triglyceride levels; and is beneficial to smokers.All of these as well as optimal amounts of D3, important for heart health are found inNSI - Cardio-Lift Multi.Herbs...Hawthorn Berries... Normalizes blood pressure; is beneficial to dieters and those with congestive heart failure; prevents premature ventricular contractions and hypoxia; has diuretic and antioxidant potential; lowers cholesterol; acts as a vasodilator; is an ACE inhibitor, beta-blocker, and anti-inflammatory; increases exercise tolerance; and reduces the incidence of tachycardia and palpitations.Terminalia Arguna... Arjunolic acid, a new triterpene and a potent extract from the bark of Terminalia arjuna, has been shown to provide significant cardiac protection in myocardial necrosis in rats. Arjunolic acid treatment prevents the decrease in the levels of powerful antioxidants such as superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione, alpha-tocopherol, and ascorbic acid. In a study on the efficacy of the bark powder in treating congestive cardiac failure (CCF), over 40% of the cases showed marked improvement. CCF due to congenital anomaly of heart and valvular disease was also brought under control.Salvia Miltiorrhiza... clinical trials showing that the standardized extract significantly reduced myocardial infarct size (the portion of the heart muscle that is damaged by insufficient blood supply) and lessened myocardial injury, lowered the oxygen consumption of the heart muscle in tissue and animal studies, and reduced platelet aggregation (blood cell stickiness) and thrombosis (blood clot) formation. Clinical tests in China and Japan of cases of angina showed close to 90% of those tested were significantly helped! About 80% of arrhythmias were corrected or at least improved. And in many cases, the mitral valves of the heart have actually shown to have been helped over long term use correcting many problems.References...http://www.lef.org/protocols/prtcls-txt/t-prtcl-049.htmlhttp://www.naturalnews.com/025028.htmlhttp://www.npicenter.com/anm/templates/newsATemp.aspx?articleid=13487&zoneid=8http://www.why-animals-dont-get-heart-attacks.org/http://www.ourhealthcoop.com/pauling.htm

Enjoy this week's articles and studies... And remember, it's never too late to become younger.cw

British girl's heart heals itself after transplant...
LONDON – British doctors designed a radical solution to save a girl with major heart problems in 1995: they implanted a donor heart directly onto her own failing heart.
After 10 years with two blood pumping organs, Hannah Clark's faulty one did what many experts had thought impossible: it healed itself enough so that doctors could remove the donated heart. But she also had a price to pay: the drugs Clark took to prevent her body from rejecting the donated heart led to malignant cancer that required chemotherapy.

Vitamin D, Curcumin May Help Clear Amyloid Plaques Found In Alzheimer's Disease...
UCLA scientists and colleagues from UC Riverside and the Human BioMolecular Research Institute have found that a form of vitamin D, together with a chemical found in turmeric spice called curcumin, may help stimulate the immune system to clear the brain of amyloid beta, which forms the plaques considered the hallmark of Alzheimer's disease.

New Evidence: Exercise Helps Heart Disease, Increases Survival Better than Angioplasty ...
(NaturalNews) At the European Association of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation meeting recently held in Barcelona, Spain, new heart research was presented that shows one treatment in particular can provide remarkable help for patients with certain forms of serious heart disease. It's not a new drug or surgical procedure. Instead, it's a natural therapy -- plain old-fashioned regular exercise.

Study: 1 in 3 breast cancer patients overtreated...
One in three breast cancer patients identified in public screening programs may be treated unnecessarily, a new study says. Karsten Jorgensen and Peter Gotzsche of the Nordic Cochrane Centre in Copenhagen analyzed breast cancer trends at least seven years before and after government-run screening programs for breast cancer started in parts of Australia, Britain, Canada, Norway and Sweden. The research was published Friday in the BMJ, formerly known as the British Medical Journal.

NCL Study Links Aspartame To Leukemia/Lymphoma...
In 2005 the renowned Ramazzini Foundation of Oncology and Environmental Sciences reported a rigorous three years study on 1,800 rats, concluding: aspartame causes significant increases in lympomas/leukemias and is a multi-potential carcinogen. EFSA invented “deficiencies” in the study to protect manufacturers pet poison. The second study, ERF 2007, entirely verified the first. Dr. Morando Soffritti, who led both projects, noted that so much formaldehyde developed in aspartame-exposed rats that their skin turned yellow.

Provocative New Evidence Links Vitamin D and Other Nutrients to Heart Disease...
Emerging research suggests that nutritional factors—including vitamin D, magnesium, and others—may influence the risk and progression of cardiovascular disease. The new data on nutrition and heart disease were the topic of a recent symposium and are summarized in the July issue of The American Journal of the Medical Sciences (AJMS), official journal of the Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (SSCI). The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and biomedical intelligence for students, professionals, and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health, pharmacy and the pharmaceutical industry.
"The prospect that macro- and micronutrients may play an important role in the appearance of diseases of the cardiovasculature and their progressive nature is both intriguing and provocative," according to the article’s preface by Dr. Karl T. Weber.
The article highlights key findings presented at the SSCI's Annual Scientific Session in New Orleans earlier this year. The symposium was presented in conjunction with the SSCI's Cardiovascular Club and the International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences/North America.

Paleolithic Nutrition:Your Future Is In Your Dietary Past...
You are what you eat - and, perhaps surprisingly, you also are what your ancestors ate.
Just as individual genetics and experiences influence your nutritional requirements, millions of years of evolution have also shaped your need for specific nutrients.
The implications? Your genes, which control every function of your body, are essentially the same as those of your early ancestors. Feed these genes well, and they do their job - keeping your healthy. Give these genes nutrients that are unfamiliar or in the wrong ratios, and they go awry - aging faster, malfunctioning, and leading to disease.
According to S. Boyd Eaton, M.D., one of the foremost authorities on paleolithic (prehistoric) diets, modern diets are out of sync with our genetic requirements. He makes the point that the less you eat like your ancestors, the more susceptible you'll be to coronary heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and many other "diseases of civilization."1 To chart the right direction for improving your current or future nutrition, you have to understand - and often adopt - the diet of the past.

Vitamin D fights pancreatic cancer...
A new study published in the July 21 2009 issue of World Journal of Gastroenterology says that the most active form of vitamin D may be used to treat pancreatic cancer.Chian KC and Chen TC, authors of the study, from the Chang Gung University in Tainwan, China reported that a recent trial had demonstrated that a vitamin D analog known as 19-nor-1alpha,25(OH)(2)D(2) effectively inhibits pancreatic tumor growth in vitro and in vivo via up-regulation of p21 and p27 tumor suppressor genes.

Christopher Wiechert's Healthblogger is for educational or informational purposes only, and is not intended to diagnose or provide treatment for any condition. If you have any concerns about your own health, you should always consult with a health care professional. If you decide to use this information on your own, it's your constitutional right, but I assume no responsibility. The views expressed on this website are those of the health professionals & scientists I list or my own opinions and are not intended to replace any medical advice you may require. The contents have not been approved by the Pharmaceutical Association, the American Medical Association, or the Food and Drug Administration.This website may present views diametrically opposed to the views of such organizations.I also offer resources to products I formulate as well as those that I believe are of high value and quality. Profits from these recommendations are used to keep HealthBlogger free to those who read and appreciate the time and research that goes into these posts. It has been my experience over the last 35 years that if I offer reports and research without product recommendations, you will most likely pay more at the local health food store, and may not get the right product or the quality you would expect. I only recommend companies I respect and order from myself. I consider this a value added service that I offer along with the research. If you find this a conflict of interest, please don't order from my links.

Sunday, July 05, 2009

I have been advocating a low carb, low glycemic diet for over 30 years. In the early years of my practice I saw carbohydrate intolerance becoming more and more of a problem with my clients. When I started to focus more on anti-aging and what diets our healthy ancestors ate, I realized that the problem was we are not genetically well suited to a diet high in carbohydrates. This is not a matter of conjecture, it is a matter of fact. Around the world, the healthiest people were and are hunter/gatherer types. When people started to introduce grains into the diet, like the Egyptians, health began to deteriorate.As described by Dr. William Meller MD, in his new book, Evolution RX, our ancestors would have found it very hard to find sugary starchy treats."We found places like caves that people lived in for 30 or 40,000 years. The caves sometimes got sealed off by a landslide, so they were preserved well. We’d go in and sift through the sand and get a good sense of what they ate. We’d look at the bones of these people and determine what they ate. Looking at that evidence and our own physiological makeup, we learned that carbohydrates were extremely rare in human diets. If you look back, they didn’t have grains. At most, they ate grains two out of the 52 weeks of the year. It was mostly hunting and gathering.We ended up without any shut-off mechanism in the body. So when you eat carbohydrates, you often have a desire for more. Not true with fats and meats."Whether you believe in evolution or not, we know what our ancestors ate and our genetic makeup does best following a diet consistant with that past.In the last 100 years we have created a grand experiment that has caused type 2 diabetes to be epidemic in scope, and a high glycemic diet is involved with everything from poor eye site and blindness, to heart disease, cancer, metabolic syndrome, obesity, you name it.Today I have included studies that show the importance of a low glycemic diet and eye diseases like macular degeneration (AMD) and the nutrients that also help to protect us. Most of what you read here can be handled by doing the following.1. Eat aLow Glycemic Dietand follow a hunter/gatherer life style.2. Take a broad spectrum multi like Cardio-Lift that has all the nutrients listed in the studies below in theraputic amounts.3.Take a quality Omega 3 supplement that brings our bodies back to the proper balance of omega 3's to omega 6's, as consumed by our ancestors.Enjoy this week's research and remember...It's never too late to become younger.cw

Nutrient-rich and GI diet cuts eye disease risk: Study...
A diet that includes key nutrients and low-glycemic index foods is likely to reduce risks for age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according to the results of a new study.
Researchers in the US showed that specific food intake patterns are linked with substantial age-related macular degeneration (AMD) risk reductions, in what is said to be the first study to analyze these factors in combination. Earlier studies had shown the ADM protective effects of several nutrients and of a low-glycemic index (GI) diet. The new research led by Chung-Jung Chiu, of Tufts University, found that participants whose diets included higher levels of protective nutrients and of low-GI foods were at lowest risk for early and advanced AMD.

Antioxidant supplement shows potential against AMD...
A combination of antioxidant pigments and vitamins may slow down sight loss in elderly people, according to researchers from Queen’s University, Belfast.
The study used a commercial supplement containing lutein, zeaxanthin, vitamins C and E, and zinc. The supplement is available from Bausch and Lomb, the company that holds the patent for the AREDS supplement. The AREDS formula, the patent for which is held by Bausch and Lomb, comprises vitamins C and E, beta carotene, zinc and copper. AREDS2 will include the antioxidant carotenoids lutein and zeaxanthin, and the omega-3 fatty acids DHA and EPA.

Lutein may protect eyes against long-term computer use: Study...
Supplements of lutein, long-reported to have benefits for eye health, may also protect against the detrimental effects of long-term computer display light exposure, says a new study from China. Improvements in the sensitivity to contrast on a computer screen were observed following 12 weeks of supplementation with lutein, according to findings of a study with 37 healthy subjects published in the British Journal of Nutrition.
“Visual function in healthy subjects who received the lutein supplement improved, especially in contrast sensitivity, suggesting that a higher intake of lutein may have beneficial effects on the visual performance,” wrote the researchers from Peking University.

B vitamins may prevent female blindness: Study...
A combination of folic acid, and vitamins B6 and B12 may reduce the risk of age-related macular degeneration in women by 34 per cent, says a new study.
In addition, the combined B vitamin supplements were associated with a 41 per cent reduced risk of visually significant AMD, according to findings of a randomised, double-blind clinical trial involving 5,442 women age 40 and older. The researchers, led by William Christen from the Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, published their findings in the Archives of Internal Medicine. Despite the fact that approximately 25 to 30 million people worldwide are affected by AMD, awareness of the condition is low, according to AMD Alliance International. And as the generation of Baby Boomers gets older, the Alliance expects incidence to be on the rise and triple by 2025.

Omega-3 linked to healthy eyes: meta-analysis...
A high intake of omega-3 fatty acids and fish may reduce the risk of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) by up to 38 per cent, suggests a new meta-analysis.
Pooling the data from nine studies, researchers from the University of Melbourne in Australia report that the benefits were most pronounced against late (more advanced) AMD, while eating fish twice a week was associated with a reduced risk of both early and late AMD.

Loss Of Central Vision With Age May Be Linked To Quality Of Dietary Carbohydrates...
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is one of the leading causes of vision loss in older adults and a person's risk may partly depend upon diet. When it comes to carbohydrates, quality rather than quantity may be more important, according to new research by Allen Taylor, PhD, director of the Laboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA) at Tufts University, and colleagues. Their findings were reported in the April 2006 issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

How High Carbohydrate Foods Can Raise Risk For Heart Problems...
Doctors have known for decades that too much carbohydrate-laden foods like white bread and corn flakes can be detrimental to cardiac health. In a landmark study, new research from Tel Aviv University now shows exactly how these high carb foods increase the risk for heart problems.

Vitamin B12 Protects the Heart, Mind, Eyes and More ...
(NaturalNews) Vitamin B12 is one of the eight B vitamins, and is important for brain function and the formation of blood. B12 deficiency can cause many diseases. Deficiency can be treated by diet or by B12 injections. Since B12 is hard to assimilate through the stomach, sublingual B12 is advised. B12 is water-soluble, is made up of a complicated chemical structure, and contains the element cobalt. The type of B12 used in food supplements is called cyanocobalamin.Brain scans can now measure brain volume and a study of patients deficient in vitamin B12 showed their brain volume at half of those with high blood levels of vitamin B12. It is an important component of the nervous system and for DNA synthesis. Without B12, the body can`t manufacture blood and leads to anemia. Vitamin B12 is also responsible for maintenance of memory. Deficiency of B12 causes fatigue, diarrhea, memory loss, anemia and poor nerve function.

Evolution to your rescue -- Q&A with Dr. William Meller...
When you think of evolution, you probably imagine a fish that becomes a bird that becomes a primate. You might also think back to cavemen, or early ancestors who held answers to our genetic makeup today. However, when it comes to your health, you might think that medicine has…well, evolved to a point where we, as a species, no longer need to listen to cues from days of old. Modern medicine will fix us.
Our Innate Capacity for Health and Healing," that health concerns today are best remedied by listening to our bodies more, and paying attention to evolutionary clues that explain exactly what we should do and how we should take care of ourselves.

Christopher Wiechert's Healthblogger is for educational or informational purposes only, and is not intended to diagnose or provide treatment for any condition. If you have any concerns about your own health, you should always consult with a health care professional. If you decide to use this information on your own, it's your constitutional right, but I assume no responsibility. The views expressed on this website are those of the health professionals & scientists I list or my own opinions and are not intended to replace any medical advice you may require. The contents have not been approved by the Pharmaceutical Association, the American Medical Association, or the Food and Drug Administration.This website may present views diametrically opposed to the views of such organizations.I also offer resources to products I formulate as well as those that I believe are of high value and quality. Profits from these recommendations are used to keep HealthBlogger free to those who read and appreciate the time and research that goes into these posts. It has been my experience over the last 35 years that if I offer reports and research without product recommendations, you will most likely pay more at the local health food store, and may not get the right product or the quality you would expect. I only recommend companies I respect and order from myself. I consider this a value added service that I offer along with the research. If you find this a conflict of interest, please don't order from my links.

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